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Whether you love or hate how #LLMs have changed the world in the last couple of years, there's some really interesting science behind them, yet some people still act as if the technology is no different to the next-word completion your phone had 15 years ago.
Anthropic have put out an interactive paper about some experiments they've done on one of their models. They test how it plans to make the last word of a line of poetry rhyme with the previous line, what happens if you ask it "What is the capital of the state containing Dallas?" but you suppress its knowledge of Texas, and other weird things to understand how it works. Fun fact: there's a feature that activates when it reads a double-quote in English text, and a completely separate feature that activates when it reads a double-quote in French text, even though they're the same token.
Well worth a read. Whether you're going to make your own, or you're going to write to your MP to ban them, do it based on facts.
https://www.anthropic.com/research/tracing-thoughts-language-model
🏳️⚧️ Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️⚧️
We’re already visible, we need protecting.
Here’s one way you could help:
If you’re in a conversation with someone idly saying something transphobic you could say “that's not the case”, ask them to stop (if it's safe for you to do so), or leave.
Especially if you're a white man:
Your privilege means your words / actions
can have more weight.
It's very easy to repeat things we've heard without considering if it’s baseless or illogical. I've done it too!
> If you’re in a conversation with someone idly saying something transphobic you could say “that's not the case”, ask them to stop (if it's safe for you to do so), or leave.
The approach I prefer is to ask them what they mean, and to make very explicit what they are trying to say. It makes them very uncomfortable putting into words what they are implying.
Mortimer, a young gecko, is lost in the pages of a big book, while Viola, a little deer, watches with curiosity. "The Conquest of Bread". Is it an interesting book? She has no idea what it’s about, but Mortimer invites her to take a look and find out.
Picture for Viola Deer
Digital. Procreate
Watch the short process video on the first comment of this picture on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
And at supporting me on Patreon or Ko-Fi, you can have access to the full resolution versions of my pictures, the full process videos, drawings that I haven't posted on my galleries yet, and more:
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Thank you!
I am so grateful to have so many amazing trans friends in my life. Every one of them has taught me so much about how to truly be yourself no matter what others tell you. And every single trans person I know has been so much more joyful and -alive- after determining and embracing who they really are. It never stops being an amazing thing to see, and that courage has inspired my own journey toward finding out who I am. Which is still TBD, but currently sitting at male-ish but gender non-comforming, which is sorta non-binary and sorta 'male is okay I guess but I get to be the one who decides what that means.'
Trans siblings, I see you and you are beautiful, you are amazing, and you are strong. Stay awesome, stay joyous, and thrive.
"What can I do for you, my lady?"
"I need a suit of armour modified," the lady said.
The armourer took her measurements, checked the pieces, and gave her an appraising look. "You've had this a while?"
"Yes. Since before... Ah..."
"Thought so. You'll need new thigh pieces and a wider skirt."
Rant: I don't WANT to hear any DUMB jokes on April Fool's Day tomorrow.
F*ck the silly tricks and pranks.
Seriously....
🤬
Bleh, I knew what I wanted to say yesterday, but by the time I actually sat down and made the post I missed out the part I actually intended to say.
What I meant to say: it's like a cross between Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH and Educating Rita. (Although it predated both of them, so I guess Flowers for Algernon might have helped inspire both.)
Content warning: My opinions only, reflecting my necessarily limited understanding, but I haven't bothered to qualify every sentence
Amazon. It’s convenient, it’s everywhere, and for most of us, it’s where we buy books. But over the past few months, something has changed. More and more peo...YouTube
Google is effectively killing AOSP by no longer sharing code until there is a major release from the internal development team.
This will not only be a big blow to AOSP, but it also basically makes it so external contributions will no longer be accepted.
By next week Android will be 1 step away from becoming closed source.
Kvikk is a beaver boy giving away his favorite chocolate, absolutely no bias for the name of it. And not just in stories, he actually did it at NordicFuzzCon!
Picture for @kvikk Digital. Procreate.
And as always... you can see the short version of the time-lapse video of this drawing on the first comment of this submission on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
And if you like what I do, you want to support my artistic career, and also receiving extra content, like full time-lapse videos, WIPs, and seeing finished drawings before anyone else.. support me on Patreon or Ko-Fi, I have tons on projects on mind and I want not to depend on commissions for my monthly expenses TwT this helps me make those projects real.
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Just because you are soft and cute doesn't mean you aren't ready to stand and fight for what's right, and the wellbeing of those you care about.
🧵 @selkiesuits
📷 @azakir
🌍 Wild North 2024
⌚ #FursuitFriday
It’s #fursuitfriday , someone brought this little guy to the UPF meet last weekend.
📸 - @gildryntheeagle.bsky.social
#fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #mascot #furry #furries #furryfandom #fursuitphotography #foxfursuit #costume #cosplay
Echo, the bunny finally found the one!! The perfect carrot!! The moment he took a bite, the world around him faded out, nothing else mattered.
(Fun fact: Carrots weren’t always orange! They used to be purple, yellow, or even white before being bred into the color we know today)
Pic for Echo the Bunny
Digital. Procreate
There is a short time-lapse video that you can find in the first comment of this submission on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
And at supporting me on Patreon or Ko-Fi, you can have access to all the complete videos that I export from Procreate of my pictures, plus full resolution versions and pictures I haven't posted on my galleries.
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Thank you!! :D
I forget if I posted this here, but I'm offering an eBook version of my first book for free for another month or so.
The purpose of this is to introduce people to my story universe and my series, plus a bit of marketing for the books to come . . . but mostly to get eyes on it to find and fix any errors that came through in setting up the new printing.
Alt Text: ‘The people who hid Anne Frank were breaking the law.
The people who killed her were following it.’
And remember Anne Frank wasn’t living in Nazi Germany or Hitler’s homeland of Austria. She was living in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Fascism not only turns law and order on its head…it spreads beyond borders.
This map shows the peak of the Axis powers territorial control of mainland Europe in 1942:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World_War_II_in_Europe,_1942.svg
This piece was inspired by a drawing I did back in 2015, one I had completely forgotten about! During an art jam at my second ever furry convention, MFF 2015, I doodled a random fox with his hands hidden behind his back (probably because I was too lazy to draw hands, haha).
I later learned that, at the time, a boy saw my sketch and imagined I had drawn his fursona. He shared this confession with me just a year ago, and I found it so heartwarming. It reminded me that even the simplest drawings can hold deep meaning for those who see them.
Here’s the original piece from 2015: https://www.deviantart.com/pandapaco/art/Random-fox-not-Biro-584883747
And now, 10 years later, I’ve reimagined the drawing, this time making Adam the character of it. He still playfully hides his hands, as if up to something mischievous.
Picture for Adam, the cute fox.
Digital. Procreate
Want to see a short time-lapse of the process? Check out the first comment of this post on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco.
You'll even spot how I initially tried to reveal his hands (breaking my old habit of avoiding them) only to hide them again for nostalgia's sake!
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Your support helps me keep creating art. Thank you!
The characters you draw are some of the most charming creatures I've ever laid eyes on.🥹💕
I dunno how you manage to pack so much endearing (& enduring!😉) personality into your portraits, but I can *easily* pick your art out from the crowd whenever I stumble upon it.🥰
Thanks for making such lovely character paintings, and for sharing them with us, here!🙌🎉✨🙏
This was just a project I decided to make one day. Believe me, it was not as easy as it may seem to find clips of everyone energetically dancing. Also, just ...YouTube
Here's @azakir and myself ready to bring the fluffderg magic this #FursuitFriday - watch out, you never know what kind of mayhem it may involve!
📷 Oracle Sage
🧵 @selkiesuits
🌍 ScotiaCon 2025
Chinese curses really are the best.
Everyone's heard "May you live in interesting times", of course. We're all living that.
Next on the ladder, it's "May you come to the attention of those in authority."
And the top of the scale? "May the Gods give you everything you wish for."
Dar Rushk, Ysengrin and Kchierath plotting nefariously in the hallways of #FC2007
#FursuitFriday #werewolf #manticore #cat_raccoon
Pas de tolérance pour le racisme et le fascisme ordinaire, ce serait médailler les cons peut être même les salauds (expl : les électeurs du RN, les auditeurs d'Hanouna etc...)